Discover Chester County

Description

With bus and rail transportation and access to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the Schuylkill Expressway and the 202 Interstate Easttown provides good job availability in Philadelphia and a broad suburban area. A variety of shopping, good health care, professional sporting events, plays and concerts and areas of historic interest are nearby. Civic, social and service groups abound. The Upper Main Line YMCA (UMLY) serves as a recreational and cultural center and claims the highest membership in the U.S. The Devon Horse show Fair Grounds hosts the world famous Devon Horse Show each year during the Memorial Day celebration.

Churches situated within the township are St. Norbert’s and St. Monica’s Roman Catholic parishes, the First Baptist Church of Berwyn, Berwyn United Methodist, Main Line Unitarian Church, St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Church of the Brethren, and Trinity Presbyterian. In addition, the township contains one synagogue, Or-Shalom, and a portion of the Old St. David’s Church, which it shares with Radnor Township.

Nine regular TV stations and numerous cable TV stations reach Easttown. Cable providers are Comcast and Verizon. Philadelphia area radio stations serve the community. News in print reaches Easttown residents daily in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the West Chester Daily Local and through daily delivery of the New York Times. Weekly newspapers available are the Upper Main Line edition of the Main Line Life and the Suburban and Wayne Times.